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| Noise_ Triglot Newbie Latvia Joined 3470 days ago 10 posts - 11 votes Speaks: Russian, Latvian*, English Studies: French | Message 1 of 11 31 January 2015 at 12:17pm | IP Logged |
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Fellow Anglophones and those who know a thing or two about accents,
I have been studying English as a foreign/second language for about 14 years and one of my long-term goals has been to acquire the standard British pronunciation (known as the Received Pronunciation). Honestly, this might sound nothing to those who 'speak it', but I have found it difficult to practice since I am not quite often in an environment of people who actually would speak it, unfortunately. Thusly, I would be grateful if you would suggest any TV series in which the main participants speak using the RP accent all the time and very distinctly. Oh, and if you are well acquainted with the TV series, please do tell in a couple of sentences what it is about. Thank you in advance. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| dandt Senior Member Australia regarderetlire.wordp Joined 4406 days ago 134 posts - 174 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, French | Message 2 of 11 31 January 2015 at 12:47pm | IP Logged |
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David Attenborough is a good option. You'll never run out of his programs
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| nikolic993 Diglot Senior Member Yugoslavia Joined 3562 days ago 106 posts - 205 votes Speaks: Serbian*, English Studies: Italian, Mandarin, Romanian, Persian | Message 3 of 11 31 January 2015 at 2:02pm | IP Logged |
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Not sure about the "very distinctly" part, but these should do the trick:
Sherlock Downtown Abbey The Fall Penny Dreadful Doctor Who 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Via Diva Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation last.fm/user/viadivaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4016 days ago 1109 posts - 1427 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: German, Italian, French, Swedish, Esperanto, Czech, Greek | Message 4 of 11 31 January 2015 at 2:22pm | IP Logged |
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In addition to a lot of good and great BBC series like mentioned above, I recommend to watch "Lie to me". The
main character there speaks British accent and it sounds different compared to all the other ones which you'll get to hear there. Not yet recommended English series: Life on Mars and its spin-off Ashes to Ashes 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Noise_ Triglot Newbie Latvia Joined 3470 days ago 10 posts - 11 votes Speaks: Russian, Latvian*, English Studies: French | Message 5 of 11 31 January 2015 at 2:41pm | IP Logged |
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All right, thank you for the suggestions, will check those links and names for sure!
'Very distinctly' was meant in the meaning of to perceive or identify as having the characteristics of the RP accent. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| sillygoose1 Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 4418 days ago 566 posts - 814 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish, French Studies: German, Latin | Message 6 of 11 31 January 2015 at 2:43pm | IP Logged |
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Utopia
Skins Misfits 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| juman Diglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 5000 days ago 101 posts - 129 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: French | Message 7 of 11 31 January 2015 at 5:04pm | IP Logged |
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A second vore for Misfits as the main characters has some different dialects and it took me a few
episodes to fully understand them. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| rdearman Senior Member United Kingdom rdearman.orgRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5018 days ago 881 posts - 1812 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, French, Mandarin | Message 8 of 11 31 January 2015 at 5:48pm | IP Logged |
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You don't want to sound like someone from Skins or Misfits. Stick with David Attenborough or listen to BBC news.
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